00:00if you've spent any time at all
00:01searching for new guitar pedals you've
00:03definitely come across that Berens your
00:06line of effects today I'm going to walk
00:08you through several of these units we're
00:10gonna talk about how they're so
00:12affordable and I want to warn you if
00:14you're a gear snob and highly emotional
00:16you need to get your Kleenex out because
00:18it's probably gonna get messy
00:30before we get started I want to explain
00:33a little bit about Barringer's so you
00:34know what we're dealing with here so the
00:36history of behringer is really simple
00:38it's started by a guy named uh Lee
00:40behringer and it was in 1989 that he got
00:43it all going well at this point it's
00:45huge and actually behringer fell
00:47underneath his larger kind of umbrella
00:50thing which is called music tribe that
00:53company has within it other companies
00:55that he has acquired or started so TC
00:58electronic turbo sound midas clark
01:01technic it's a big big operation they
01:04actually have their own little city in
01:06china called behringer city they
01:08manufacture everything on their own they
01:10own so many pieces of equipment have a
01:13ton of employees and a lot of facilities
01:15even to the point where there are
01:18certain parts that builders like myself
01:20and other builders buy from behringer
01:22there's a chipset brand that was called
01:24cool audio and they reissued the bucket
01:27brigade chipsets that were in the
01:28vintage analog delays but uh Lee bought
01:31that and so now most pedal builders buy
01:33their parts of that nature from him so
01:36it's pretty crazy and so one of the
01:38reasons that uh Lee can make these
01:40pedals so cheap is because of his
01:43facilities the massive infrastructure
01:45that he has it's pretty wild he has a
01:48direct sales force in over a hundred
01:50countries as well so it's just a big big
01:53company and you got to have that
01:55perspective when you're looking at these
01:57it's a totally different approach to
01:59pedals if you buy a JHS or a wampler or
02:01an earthquake er you're dealing with a
02:03guy like me in a city with a few
02:06employees making everything by hand
02:08that's not the case here so with that
02:10said that gives you a little bit of an
02:12understanding of what's gonna be seen
02:14today now the last thing I want to say
02:16is I'm gonna use this switchback device
02:19that I released it named I made this so
02:21that when I signed off on a final
02:24prototype of a new design it could be
02:27the tested against all the pedals built
02:29from that point on so it has to send in
02:32returns and I made it so you know you
02:35put the tester pedal in once in return
02:37and then the control the thing you want
02:40switch lets you go back and forth
02:42between the two loops
02:44it has a red remote Jack you're gonna
02:45see me playing the behringer pedal on
02:48one side that's gonna be the red and
02:52then you're gonna see the original pedal
02:54so like a boss pedal or an ibanez pedal
02:56and that's gonna be the green when you
02:58see that flipping back and forth it's
03:00because I'm hitting a button on top of
03:02the amp and you're hearing it in real
03:04time while I play so you can compare you
03:07know A to B and that's it let's get
03:10here we go first up is the chromatic
03:12tuner tu 300 could it be the chromatic
03:18tuner to you - I think it is yeah and I
03:23I'm not gonna show you that because
03:24that's weird but it Tunes the guitar so
03:27if you need a tuner the compressor
03:29limiter cl9 the Ibanez cp9 compressor
03:34limiter the colors right the knob
03:37labelings are right and the circuit is
03:39almost the same now it's definitely this
03:42circuit but this actually has a better
03:44bass response that I kind of enjoyed I I
03:47hate saying I like this more because
03:49this is a real vintage black label run
03:53run of this pedal and and I love it for
03:55that standpoint and the fact that it
03:57sounds amazing but I like the low-end
03:59response so it's a little bit modified I
04:01don't want to say I don't like this cuz
04:03I don't want to hurt its feelings you
04:05know I can't do that but like I'm torn
04:07here I'm really torn
04:08I'm gonna quit talking about just suits
04:40Ultra octave er UO 300 is a slightly
04:45tweaked boss OC to you'll notice there's
04:48a switch on the side that has a range of
04:51high mid and low so it's a little bit of
04:53a modification on this old classic and
04:55these are getting pricey so it's a
04:58really cool way to kind of try that
05:00sound and see if you like it really
05:02great on bass guitar as well the ultra
05:04tremolo UT 300 it's a 3 knob tremolo the
05:09TR 2 is a 3 knob tremolo very similar
05:12labelings identical sound there's a lot
05:16of these out there this is one of those
05:18cases where I'd probably just say by the
05:20boss cuz it's gonna last forever but you
05:22know if you're in a pinch it's a good
05:24solid and simple trim the digital reverb
05:27dr 600 and the boss digital reverb rv5
05:32the controls are the same they're both
05:34stereo they're labeled identical but
05:37something's a little off and i've come
05:39to discover that in this line of
05:41behringer pedals when it's a true analog
05:43circuit it's pretty dead-on but in a few
05:46of these cases where they're copying
05:49digital circuits like this reverb it's
05:51quite off to me it doesn't mean it's bad
05:54it just I can't get the same sounds out
05:56of it the high end is very interesting
05:59like the tone control in some positions
06:01feels almost inaudible where this has a
06:03huge range of tone control so that being
06:07said I'm gonna put it on the spring
06:08reverb setting on each and shoot them
06:10out and I like both but I would not say
06:14that they're extremely similar
06:46the vintage delay VD 400 I use this in a
06:51previous episode it is a DM 3 so the DM
06:543 came along after the DM 2 so we're
06:58talking mid-80s and it is a true bucket
07:00brigade delay this holds up really well
07:02these aren't too expensive so if you
07:05have a little extra cash
07:07I recommend this or the new Wazza analog
07:10delay by boss but this is a really
07:13affordable way to try a true bucket
07:14brigade analog delay the filter machine
07:18FM 600 the line six Auto filter they're
07:21both purple they both have the exact
07:23same knobs and the same switches and the
07:26same layout they're a little off though
07:28because it's a digital circuit and I
07:31think once again we're seeing here where
07:33it's really hard to copy algorithms and
07:37code and you know I'm getting the same
07:40sound I'm tweaking these two pedals and
07:42I'm making it work and they're pretty
07:44dead-on after I tweaked them but if I
07:46put the knobs in the same position I can
07:48tell that there's something slightly
07:50different not good or bad I don't prefer
07:53one over the other so with that said if
07:55you want to try a really versatile and
07:58fun envelope filter on the cheap this is
08:00a good way to go if you want to get more
08:02serious about that I do recommend
08:03something like this or even Accutron
08:06yeah cute Ron's my favorite
08:48the graphic equalizer EQ 702 7 band EQ
08:54could it be the GE 7 equalizer by boss
09:00it's an EQ pedal it does what it should
09:01it's a replica this and yeah you need a
09:07this ultra vibrato UV 300 is possibly my
09:12favorite out of the whole line only
09:14because I used it for a year or two on
09:16my own board because I could not afford
09:18this this is the classic boss vibrato
09:21vb2 japanese made and highly collectible
09:24but guess what they are sonically
09:27identical when I say identical it is
09:30dead-on so I encourage you to try this a
09:34lot of people do not understand how
09:36amazing the vb2 circuit is because this
09:39is really expensive and hard to get a
09:41hold of they did re-release this in the
09:44Wazza craft series and it might still be
09:47hard for some people to afford I would
09:50say that you've got to try this circuit
09:52as a guitar player and this is the way
09:54you need to do it so go find one of
09:56these on the used market they're
09:58probably free by this point I don't know
10:00but check it out and just try it it's
10:02one of my favorite sounds
10:45this is a fun one the ultra metal
10:48um 300 it is in fact the MT 2 metal zone
10:53here's what's great about this you love
10:55the metal zone it's already on each of
10:58your five separate pedal boards and you
11:00just adore it but you want another one
11:02on each board first of all that gets
11:05expensive but then people judge you
11:07because you have too many metal zones
11:09which we know is it a thing by this your
11:13bandmates your wife your family your mom
11:16they say oh you've got a different pedal
11:18good for you but you're sitting there
11:20going more metal zone the heavy metal hm
11:25300 the cult classic
11:28heavy metal hm - bye boss this is an old
11:32Japanese boss that's very collectible it
11:34is iconic you dime all the knobs out and
11:37you have this extremely important sound
11:40that kind of created a genre if you've
11:42ever wanted to try this and didn't want
11:44to fork out the money this is a really
11:45good option I would say that it is
11:48definitely inspired by this and
11:50definitely has the same sounds but
11:53there's something quite different in the
11:56mid-range if you want to try this this
11:58is a really good way to check it out I
12:00would always encourage buying these
12:01classics because the resale is great and
12:04they're super collectible and fun but
12:06this is a really good way to try a ball
12:59the noise reducer in our 300 the knob of
13:06the the boss noise suppressor became a
13:09switch and it suppresses noise the ultra
13:13chorus you see 200 the boss super chorus
13:17ch1 yellow and blue same circuit I mean
13:23this is pretty dead-on
13:57the vintage tube overdrive tio 800
14:03everybody take a guess
14:05all right you guessed right ts808 so not
14:10only am I gonna play this against a real
14:12808 I'm gonna play it against the
14:14first-year edition 808 black label Japan
14:17highly sought-after super expensive and
14:21super snobby so we're gonna hear these
14:23together I don't need to talk about this
14:25you just need to listen
14:59so behringer not only makes the small
15:01plastic enclosures they have a series
15:04that are in larger metal enclosures and
15:06sometimes include tubes inside of them
15:08this is the vintage tube monster vacuum
15:11tube overdrive and it's based around an
15:14old ibanez tube King I don't have that
15:16pedal but this is really really close I
15:19have a friend who has both I talked to
15:21him about it and it feels like this is
15:24quite modified but definitely in the
15:27spirit of that old Ibanez pedal so if
15:29you're into trying to over drive pedals
15:32you can check it out I always kind of
15:34question a tube pedal running at 9 volts
15:37it's starving the plate voltage and you
15:40know kind of pointless it just depends
15:42I'm not saying that's always the case so
15:44check this out I think it sounds really
15:46good the vintage time machine delay echo
15:50I wonder what this could possibly be now
15:58there's no way there's no way it doesn't
16:01even look the same it doesn't even have
16:04the same switch locations yeah it is it
16:07is so this is a deluxe memory man here's
16:11what I think about this this is
16:12impressive but there are some
16:13differences so this does sound like the
16:15memory man because I believe the circuit
16:17is pretty close if not exact but there's
16:20one difference this runs at nine volts
16:23this is at 24 so what you see with this
16:26pedal is that it has less Headroom
16:29overall meaning when the repeats come
16:31they're a little fuzzier the tone of
16:33this is much darker so the repeat is
16:36more muffled and not as bright when you
16:39play this that repeat is a lot more
16:41clear and pristine and you could say a
16:44little more beautiful it has more
16:45character in the upper range now the
16:48reason this is dark is with the delay
16:50design if you're running it at a lower
16:52voltage and getting noise you need to
16:54filter that noise out so you end up
16:56deleting the high end and that's
16:59probably what's going on here the fact
17:00that this is nine volts is causing some
17:03tonal differences but it is a memory man
17:06circuit and if you've ever wanted to try
18:11the vintage tube overdrive vacuum tube
18:15when something says overdrive twice that
18:17means it's double good in this case it
18:20is a BK Butler tube driver this is a
18:23this is actually one of Andy Timmons I
18:24have a few on-loan playing with them and
18:26I gotta say it's pretty dead-on and
18:32that's wild to me yeah so this has a
18:34tube in it just like this they both run
18:36at 9 volts I know I said earlier I'm not
18:38a fan of that and I'm really not but in
18:40the case of the tube driver I actually
18:42liked the 9 volt one I don't know why
18:44that is and at this point I'm not gonna
18:46worry about it I just think both these
18:48sound really good you'll see for
18:49yourself it's a really cool pedal
19:28compression sustainer CS 400 compression
19:32sustainer cs3 this was green this is
19:37blue so blue green green blue the TM 300
19:42tube amp modeler I don't have the pedal
19:45that this is a replica of and of course
19:47I'm sad I'm usually sad about those
19:49things but here's a picture of it the
19:51great thing about this this is a really
19:54good way to try out a direct input
19:57guitar signal so this is a cab and amp
20:00simulator the sansamp gt2 that this is
20:04based on is phenomenal I can't recommend
20:07that enough because it's built like a
20:08tank it's an exceptional circuit so
20:11that's what this is this is obviously
20:13fragile but if you're wanting to put
20:15this on your board and go direct in and
20:17not use an amplifier this is a really
20:20good way to start to see if that's
20:22something that might be you know up your
20:24alley something you're into next up is
20:26my absolute other most favorite because
20:28I have a few obviously we'll just let
20:31that lie there it is the super fuzz SF
20:33300 it is a replica of the now
20:38sought-after hyper fuzz FZ 2 it's dead
20:43when I say dead on it is dead on it is a
20:45beautiful classic fuzz circuit with the
20:47high octave much like you heard on the
20:51octave fuzz 101 episode and to get into
20:54that a little further this gets more
20:56dramatic because they replicated this
20:59but boss actually replicated the old
21:03univox super fuss this thing is nearing
21:06$1,000 and the boss unit is now a few
21:10hundred bucks but this is like $30 so
21:15you've got to try this if you've ever
21:18wanted to try octave fuzz or question
21:20your belief in the ability to use octave
21:23fuzz go get this I'm just saying if you
21:26guys don't all go buy this I'm gonna be
21:28really frustrated with you like I'm
21:29trying to help you I'm trying to be like
21:31a Yoda at like a fuzz octave Yoda right
21:33now and I need you guys to just just buy
21:36in like don't question me get this put
21:39it first in your signal chain and play
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23:34that's it for this episode I think the
23:36conclusion is that we have to admit they
23:39sound really good now they're made a
23:41little different than the actual units
23:44that they're replicating they're plastic
23:46enclosures may not be super reliable but
23:48I've used a few of these over the years
23:50and I never had one break I've heard
23:52that some people have so from my
23:55perspective they're definitely worth
23:56buying it's a really great line of
23:58pedals to get in and check out some
24:00effects you might not be able to afford
24:02otherwise and if you play a pedal and
24:05you like it it inspires you and you love
24:07the guitar more I think that it's worth
24:09checking out and these pedals fall into
24:11that category one other point to
24:13consider is resale value if you go by a
24:16boss vb2 you drop a couple hundred bucks
24:18on it you're always gonna get that money
24:20back if you buy the behringer model
24:22you're probably never gonna get your
24:242530 dollars back so you got to weigh
24:26that out and decide for yourself
24:28I would love in the comments below to
24:30hear about bérenger pedals that you own
24:34if you've used them out in the wild if
24:36you've toured with them if you've used
24:37them in the studio I'd like to know what
24:39your experience was and we could talk
24:41about that on there did they break did
24:43you like them do you still use them
24:45that'd be a really fun conversation to
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